Ngo-1961 iqembu labantu lagibela emanzini eBahamas lapho abasebenzi bebona okuthile okungenakwenzeka emanzini. Kwakuyintombazane encane, esiseduze nokufa, eyayihamba phezu kwe-float encane.
Ngakho ingane eyayibizwa ngokuthi uTerry Joe Duperrault ingena kanjani emanzini ase-Atlantic Ocean? Indaba yakhe ishaqeka futhi ikushaqe ngokulinganayo.
Uhambo lukaTerry Joe kule ngxenye yeplanethi lalihlelwe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kwezenzakalo ezesabekayo futhi kwakuzobaluleka empilweni yawo wonke amalungu alo mndeni. Uyise kaTerry u-Arthur Duperrault, ophthalmologist oneminyaka engu-41 ubudala, nomkakhe oneminyaka engu-38 ubudala, uJean, bachitha isikhathi eside kulolu hambo.
Yiqiniso, laba bafuna ukuletha izingane zabo ezintathu: UBrian oneminyaka engu-14, oneminyaka engu-11 ubudala noTerry oneminyaka engu-11 noRené oneminyaka engu-7 ubudala onguhambo olungalindelekile ukuthi bazokhumbula konke ukuphila kwabo. Baqasha i-yacht enkulu "I-Blue Beauty" futhi bafunda iBahamas.
Ngo-November 8, 1961 wonke umndeni, oholwa nguKaputeni uJulian Harvey nomkakhe, uMary, bahamba ngomkhumbi basuka ogwini futhi bahamba ngendlela ebabaza kakhulu. Kwaphela izinsuku ezine uhambo lwahamba njengamawashi, njengoba uDuperrault ahlele.
Ngalezo zinsuku i-yacht Blue Beauty yahamba yangena empumalanga yeBahamas, ifunda iziqhingi ezincane. Ngokushesha bathola isiqhingi saseSandy Point esinqunyiwe futhi banquma ukuwayeka ihange lokubhukuda nokushayela. Bahlele futhi ukuqoqa inani elikhulu lamagobolondo anemibala, benethemba lokugcina inkumbulo yalolu hambo.
Ngasekugcineni kokuhlala kwakhe eSandy Point, u-Arthur Duperrault utshele uKhomishana wasekhaya uRobert W. Pinder ukuthi "Lolu hambo luyenzeka kanye kuphela ngesikhathi sokuphila. Sizobuya ngokuqinisekile ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi. " Yiqiniso, ngalowo mzuzu u-Arthur wayengazi ukuthi amapulani akhe angeke agcwaliseke.
Ngakho, lapho ebambe umoya, i-yacht yahamba ngomkhumbi waseSandy Point futhi ngoNovemba 12 yahamba ibhukuda. Ekuseni intombazane uTerry Joe yanquma ukuthatha umhlalaphansi endlini yakhe. Kodwa-ke, ukukhala komfowabo kwakumvusa ngokushesha ebusuku, futhi ngaleso sikhathi waqaphela ukuthi kukhona okungahambanga kahle.
Njengoba uTerry esho, eminyakeni engaba ngu-50 kamuva: "Ngavuka ngimemeza umfowenu ngikhala" Usizo, Baba, usize. " Kwakuyinkimbinkimbi enkulu, uma uqaphela ukuthi kukhona okwesabekayo okwenzekile. "
Kuvele ukuthi umphathi wezempi oneminyaka engu-44 ubudala wayenesikhathi esinqunyiwe nesimnyama, futhi kwakulobusuku obunzima ukuthi wanquma ukubulala umkakhe. Isizathu? UMary wayenomshwalense, uHarvey ayefuna ukuyisebenzisa ngemva kokufa kwakhe. Uhlose ukuqeda umzimba, wamphonsa phansi, wathi ogwini ukuthi uMariya wayelahlekile olwandle.
Into ethakazelisayo kunazo zonke yilokho empilweni kaHarvey - lokhu kwakungesiyo icala lokuqala lokuphelelwa yisikhathi kwabafazi bakhe. Ngaphambi kwalolu hambo, uHarvey wakwazi ukuphunyuka engozini yemoto, lapho omunye wabafazi bakhe abahlanu efa ngesinye isizathu. Futhi futhi usuvele wathola izinkokhelo ezingasemqoka zomshuwalense ngemuva kokuba umkhumbi wakhe nomkhumbi nabafazi bakhe behla.
Kodwa, ngeshwa, konke kwahamba kabi njengoba uHarvey ayehlele. U-Arthur Duperrault wabulala ngengozi uMariya wazama ukungenela, kodwa ekugcineni wabulawa. Ngemizamo yokuzama ukufihla ubugebengu bakhe futhi abulale bonke ofakazi, uHarvey wabulala wonke amalungu omndeni, eshiya kuphela uTerry omncane ehlala endlini yakhe.
Ngesikhathi uTerry eshiya ekamelweni lakhe, wathola umfowabo nomama echibini legazi phansi phansi. Njengoba becabanga ukuthi sebefile, wanquma ukuya emkhunjini ukuyobuza induna ukuthi kwenzekeni.
Noma kunjalo, uHarvey waphoqa intombazane, kanti uTerry akazange akhethe kodwa ukufihla egumbini lakhe ngenxa yokwesaba. Wavuma ukuthi wahlala egumbini kuze kube yilapho amanzi eqala ukukugcwalisa. Ngaleso sikhathi uTerry wenza isinqumo sokukhuphuka futhi.
Ngokusobala, uHarvey wathola amatshe okugcoba (ukuvalwa) ukuze agcwalise i-yacht. Lapho uTerry efika emgodini, wamnika intambo eboshelwe esikebheni sakhe. Kungenzeka ukuthi induna yahlela ukubulala intombazane.
Njengomngane oseduze uTerry Logan uthe: "Kungenzeka ukuthi lapho uHarvey ebona uTerry emgodini, wacabanga ukuthi uzosinda." Wakhetha ukuthi kungcono ukumbulala. "Waqala phambili, ezama ukuthola ummese noma into yokubulala intombazane. wayengeke afinyelele. "
UTerry omncane, esikhundleni sokubamba ngokuqinile intambo, waphonsa emanzini. UHarvey wangena emanzini, ezama ukumbamba isikebhe, eshiya uTerry yedwa emkhunjini odilikayo. Kodwa kwenzeka ukuthi ingane eyizintandane ayibuthakathaka njengoba uHarvey enqume ekuqaleni.
U-Terry Joe uthe uvule i-float encane e-yacht futhi wagijima kuwo lapho nje "i-Blue Beauty" ingena ngaphansi kwamanzi. Ngemva kwalokho, "walwa" nesimo sezulu. Ezingubo zikaTerry kwakukhona nje i-blouse elula nebhola elilodwa elingasindanga kusukela ebusweni bukabusuku. Ntambama, isimo sashintsha kakhulu, futhi uTerri watshisa imishana eshisayo yelanga.
Ukudonsa ngasese olwandle oluvulekile, uTerry akazange alindele ukusindiswa. Ngoba kungabonakali kakhulu ngemikhumbi noma ngezindiza. Ngolunye usuku, indiza encane yawela phezu kukaTerry, kodwa, ngeshwa, abashayeli bezindiza babengambona.
Ngolunye lwezinsuku ezinzima zenhlekelele olwandle, uTerry wezwa umsindo futhi waphawula eduze nento ethile ehamba emanzini. Wagijima eshaqisayo futhi egwaza - lawa angamahhashi angama-guinea.
Ngeshwa, ngokushesha kukhululeka futhi izimo ezinzima zithinta ingqondo kaTerry, futhi waqala ukubona imibono. Njengoba yena ngokwakhe ekhuluma, wabona ngakwesinye isiqhingi isiqhingi, kodwa ehambisa amanzi ngokuqondisa kwakhe, walala. Ngakho ayikwazanga ukuhlala isikhathi eside, futhi ngokushesha uTerry ukhohliwe.
Kodwa isiphetho sasisekela uTerry. Umkhumbi wemikhumbi eyomile waseGreek owadlula eduze neBahamas waphawula le ntombazane futhi yamsindisa. Intombazane yayiseduze nokufa. Ukushisa kwalo kufinyelela kuma-40 degrees. Umzimba wakhe wawugcwele ukushisa futhi wawunamanzi. Omunye wabasebenzi abathintekayo wathatha isithombe salombazana olwandle olwandle oluvulekile, okwabe selushaya umhlaba wonke.
Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu uTerry ekhululwa, uWard Guard wathola uHarvey, owayehamba ngesikebhe nomzimba kaRene. Umbulali uthi lesi siphepho saqala ngokuzumayo kanti isikebhe sabamba umlilo. Uthe futhi uzame ukuvuselela intombazane ngemuva kokuthi amthole eduze kwesiteshi esivuthayo.
Ngokushesha, ngemuva kokucabangela uTerry Joe ukufika eHarvey, wazibulala. Umzimba wakhe ongenampilo watholakala ekamelweni lehhotela.
Phakathi naleso sikhathi, uTerry omncane wathola ngemva kwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa, futhi amaphoyisa akwazi ukukhuluma nentombazane enesibindi. Ngaleso sikhathi uTerry watshela izenzakalo zolobusuku obubi.
Inkumbulo yomndeni kaTerry Joe yayingeniswe esibhedlela i Fort Howard Memorial Park. Ithebhulethi ithi: "Khumbula umndeni ka-Arthur U. Duperrault, olahlekelwe emanzini aseBahamas ngoNovemba 12, 1961. Baye bathola phakade ukuphila okuphakade ezinhliziyweni zabathandekayo babo. Ubusisiwe ukuhlanzeka kwenhliziyo, ngoba bayobona uNkulunkulu. "
Noma ngabe yini ongayisho, impilo kaTerry Joe ayizange iphele. Wabuyela eGreen Bay futhi wahlala nonina kanye nezingane zakhe ezintathu. Eminyakeni engu-20 eyalandela, akakaze akhulume ngezenzakalo zalobusuku obusabekayo.
Ngabe ngo-1980 waqala ukutshela abangane bakhe abaseduze iqiniso. Ngenxa yalokhu, kwadingeka afune usizo lwezingqondo. Kamuva, uTerry wanquma ukubhala incwadi, ememela umngane wakhe oseduze u-Logan kubalobi ababambisene nabo. Incwadi ethi "One: Elahlekile E-Ocean" yaba uhlobo "lokuvuma". Kwaphuma ngo-2010 isigamu sekhulu leminyaka ngemuva kweengozi eyingozi.
Kuyinto engavamile ukuthi phakathi nokunikezwa kwencwadi, uTerry ngokwakhe uvele. Uthe ngenyanga eyedlule wasayina incwadi yakhe kubantu abaningana, phakathi kwabo ababengabafundisi besikole. "Baxolisa ukuthi ngeke bakwazi ukungisiza, ukusekela nokukhuluma. Futhi bavuma ukuthi babethelwe ukuba bahlale beyimfihlo. Ngafunda ukuhlala ngithulile. "
UTerry Joe namuhla uchaza lesi sigameko: "Angikaze ngesabe. Nganginomoya ovulekile, futhi ngangithanda amanzi. Kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, nganginokholo oluqinile. Ngathandaza kuNkulunkulu ukuba angisize, ngakho-ke ngahamba nokuhamba. "
Namuhla, uTerry Joe usebenza eduze kwamanzi. Uthi futhi le ncwadi yayiwumphumela wokuphulukiswa kwakhe okuqhubekayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, unethemba lokuthi indaba yakhe izosiza abanye abantu balwe nezinhlekelele ezimpilweni zabo futhi baqhubeke phambili. "Ngangihlale ngikholelwa ukuthi ngisindiswe ngesizathu," kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa. Kodwa kungithatha iminyaka engu-50 ngithole isibindi sokuhlanganyela nabanye indaba yami, okuyiyo, mhlawumbe, ezosinika ithemba. "